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Cancer centre opens in new wing
By Gillian Slade on September 26th, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade A week ago the Margery E. Yuill Cancer Centre began functioning in the new wing of Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, where everything related to cancer care is now in one location. Service bays provide comfortable reclining chairs for patients receiving treatment such as an IV. They can enjoy views that include the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maple Creek wins national category for Communities in Bloom, recognized for ‘pristine’ landfill
By Collin Gallant on September 26th, 2017
Medicine Hat News Maple Creek is the national Communities in Bloom winner for towns its size, with its landfill singled out by the body that promotes civic beautification. It’s the first time the town of about 2,100 residents has received the national award, competing with five other finalist that have fewer than 4,500 citizens. Special ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Retired defence scientist to tell story of how he was wronged over warship cloaking device
By Collin Gallant on September 26th, 2017
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A retired defence scientist who claims he was wronged when the Canadian government improperly licensed a device to cloak warships — and gave up millions of dollars in the process — will lay out the issue tonight at the public library. Adding to the intrigue, author Stephen Murray says after he extended an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City raises flag to honour Big Brothers Big Sisters
By Jeremy Appel on September 26th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel The Big Brothers and Big Sisters flag was raised at city hall Monday in honour of Big Brothers and Big Sisters Awareness Week in Medicine Hat — the last week of September. Volunteers were in attendance, as well as BBBS Medicine Hat and District executive director Holly Stadnicki and Mayor Ted Clugston. “We ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Humanitarian hosts bike race to raise money Ethiopian projects
By Jeremy Appel on September 26th, 2017
jappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Canadian Humanitarian hosted its second annual Test of Humanity Alberta mountain bike race Saturday to raise money for after-school programs in Ethiopia. The all-ages event was held in the Redcliff coulees, attracting 40 volunteers and 35 participants, who raised about $6,000 for the cause, Canadian Humanitarian program director Deborah Northcott said. “We have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cenovus sells local Suffield, Alderson assets
By Medicine Hat News on September 25th, 2017
Massive oil and gas tracts in southeastern Alberta are changing hands. Cenovus Energy announced Monday morning that it has found a buyer for its Suffield and Alderson assets — including 800,000 acres of gas leases and 100,000 acres of oil leases — for $512 million. The buyer, International Petroleum Corporations. (IPC), is an international firm ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Daffodil planting season
By Mo Cranker on September 25th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Though you will not be able to see them for about six months, there’s currently 10,000 daffodils planted and ready to come to life during the spring along the Trans-Canada Highway. Members of the Daffodil Project, alongside a large group of volunteers got on their hands and knees Saturday to plant 10,000 bulbs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Events Calendar Sept. 25-Oct. 1
By Medicine Hat News on September 25th, 2017
Sept. 25-30 — Alberta Culture Days events, MH Public Library, visit http://www.mhpl.info for details Sept. 25 — Harlem Globetrotters, Canalta Centre, 7 p.m. Sept. 25 — Gail Bowen author talk, MH Public Library, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 26 — Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 26 — Seniors Cafe Chat, MH Public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gap to city’s debt ceiling sure to shrink
By Collin Gallant on September 23rd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Off-loading 1,500 low-return natural gas wells could put the city’s energy division in the black this year, but the loss of revenue will further shrink room under the city’s debt ceiling, though not by a critical amount, administrators say. Municipal debt limits are calculated by a provincially mandated formula that in Medicine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prostate cancer diagnosis a life changer in more ways than one
By Gillian Slade on September 23rd, 2017
gslade@medicinehatnews.com @MHNGillianSlade If you are ever faced with the need for prostate cancer surgery, what you do before that surgery and the support network you have around you can make all the difference, says 74-year-old Jack Paul. Kegel exercises to strengthen the abdominal muscles can not only assist in the recovery phase but can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bovine TB testing should wrap up this year
By Collin Gallant on September 23rd, 2017
Medicine Hat News Food inspection authorities say the majority of new testing related to a bovine tuberculosis in southeast Alberta will complete by the year end with efforts going as far as Manitoba to determine the cause. An update Friday by the Canadian Food Inspection agency states no further cases have been detected aside from ... Read More »
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